Test 5 · ★★ · Rockets, satellites and astronauts
A sailor in the middle of the ocean knows exactly where his ship is. What most likely helps him?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sailor, ship · What happens: know, be, help · To what, where: sailor · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 71 «Rockets, satellites and astronauts» of the world course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: A sailor in the middle of the ocean knows exactly where his ship is.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sailor | det |
| 2 | sailor | sailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 knows | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 middle | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 middle | det |
| 5 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sailor | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 ocean | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ocean | det |
| 8 | ocean | ocean | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 middle | nmod |
| 9 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 11 where | advmod |
| 11 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 9 knows | ccomp |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 ship | nmod:poss |
| 13 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 where | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 where | cop |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 knows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | a sailor in the middle of the ocean | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | present | sailor's ship | exactly, where property | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: What most likely helps him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 helps | obj |
| 2 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 3 likely | advmod |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 4 helps | advmod |
| 4 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 helps | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 helps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | sailor | likely property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The direction of the waves around them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 direction | det |
| 2 | direction | direction | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 waves | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 waves | det |
| 5 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 direction | nmod |
| 6 | around | around | ADP | _ | 7 them | case |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 waves | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The shape of the clouds in the sky above
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 shape | det |
| 2 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 clouds | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 clouds | det |
| 5 | clouds | cloud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 shape | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 sky | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sky | det |
| 8 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 clouds | nmod |
| 9 | above | above | ADV | _ | 2 shape | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Signals from navigation satellites
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Signals | signal | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 satellites | case |
| 3 | navigation | navigation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 satellites | compound |
| 4 | satellites | satellite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Signals | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The colour of the sea under the ship
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 colour | det |
| 2 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 sea | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sea | det |
| 5 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 colour | nmod |
| 6 | under | under | ADP | _ | 8 ship | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ship | det |
| 8 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 colour | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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